Retail Banking and Wealth Management Internship Review

by HSBC

Best Student Employer

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Rating

3.4/5
  • The Role
    3.3
  • The Company
    3.1
  • The Culture
    3.9

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Good as whole but the lack of structure and work was a disappointment.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • Everyone was extremely nice and approachable. Team worked well together and there was never any conflict.

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • My line manager and branch manager were both really helpful however were both very busy so it was difficult to catch up with them or ask them questions sometimes. I had weekly one to ones with my line manager though and found the best way to ask her questions or for help was by email.

    3/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • I was disappointed with how small the tasks were that were given; I'd complete them quickly and efficiently so would end up bored. This meant that I felt as though I was nagging people for more things to do. By week one I had completed most of the set roles from the work book we needed to complete by the end of the 7 weeks. I was often left to my own devices even though I asked multiple times for more work. I had to find a lot of my own tasks/projects to do day to day e.g contacting various people from other parts of HSBC for more projects. So, once I did this a began to have busier days and was able to go out of office to other HSBC branches/centers to carry out various projects. Best advice is contact as many people as you can and network!

    2/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Had to use my own initiative and often left to sort out problems and tasks myself. This was good in some ways as I felt I had the freedom to do what I wanted to do. For example, even though my internship was for Retail Banking & Wealth Management, I was allowed to have insight days within operations and corporate/commercial if I set them up myself which I loved!!

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • It was a great opportunity that I'll use to enhance my CV and I have learnt to be a lot more independent. I've met some great people including interns, managers and colleagues which I hope to stay in touch with in the future! Although I would have liked to be more challenged work wise I have learnt a lot about retail banking and HSBC as whole as well as developing my customer service skills. This has been a good foundation for potentially working within banks in the future and I hope to do the graduate management training scheme with HSBC but within their corporate banking department.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Everyone was happy and approachable most of the time.

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • The pre-internship development was great! Fairly relaxed and swift application process with a great intern weekend just before and just after the internship! However, when actually on the placement I felt like all the set tasks were too broad and there lacked structure.

    2/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • The internship development days were very enjoyable and when on the internship everyone seemed happy to teach you things.

    4/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Sports and Social Club

    National Travel

    Company Parties/Events
    3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Probably wouldn't do another internship but the graduate schemes looks and sounds very good.

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • All the other interns were great and we regularly went out and met up with one another.

    5/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Manchester varies in price for going out but most places aren't too dear. Lived at home so didn't have to pay rent etc

    4/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Manchester night life is like London but cheaper!

    4/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Intern days and fundraising projects.

    4/5
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Internship (1 Month+)

North West

August 2014

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